World Congress on International Law on ‘Contemporary Issues of International Law’: January 09-11, 2015

ABOUT CONFERENCE

We are delighted to inform you that Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA is invited and honoured to be the ‘Academic Partner’ by the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) in organisation of World Congress on International Law on “Contemporary Issues of International Law” on January 9-11, 2015.

Other remarkable association of the World Congress include – Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); O P Jindal Global University; Galgotias University; Springer, LexisNexis; Exim Bank; Sahitya Kala Parishad.

ISIL was founded in 1959 and was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The principal objectives inter alia of the ISIL are to “foster nation wide, the study and development of International Law and to encourage the comparative study of the application of International Law in other States.” In pursuance of its objectives, the ISIL organizes conferences and seminars on international legal issues of contemporary interest. Finally and equally important, it conducts and promotes independent research on issues of international law.

Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the World Congress conference. Judge Peter Tomka, President, International Court of Justice, The Hague; Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, International Court of Justice, The Hague and Hon’ble Justice Shri. Judge Dalveer Bhandari, International Court of Justice, The Hague and Chairman, Steering Committee will also address the inaugural session.

The objective is to 'confederate' different national and regional societies and other bodies engaged in promotion of study and spread of awareness of international law under one roof. The idea is to bring together scholars and national and regional international law bodies drawn from diverse countries from different continents, forge a global network of such bodies devoted to international law, and deliberate on contemporary issues of international law as frequently as possible, at least once in every two years. Such get-togethers amongst non-governmental bodies comprising academia, lawyers, diplomats, parliamentarians, policymakers and members of judiciary from different countries, representing a cross-section of International Law academia and practitioners on one platform would provide a continuous framework for exchange of ideas, joint seminars, conferences, workshops, research collaborations between and amongst various national and regional societies, and meeting in some important city in a country willing to host such meetings. Furthermore, this network of international law societies will hopefully and eventually seek to establish The World Society of International Law.

The objective of the Conference is to examine and discuss the contemporary issues of international law, which encompass a variety of topics, WTO and International Trade, Investment Law, Arbitration, Intellectual Property Rights, Technology and Development of International Law, National Implementation of International Law and Other Issues.